﻿/*
   Copyright 2012 Dmitry Bratus

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Flower.Workflow
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The services provider.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IServicesProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns an instance of the service registered in the directory.
        /// 
        /// Throws ServicesProviderException if the requested service cannot be provided.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TSvc">The service type.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="servicePath">
        /// The path of the service.
        /// 
        /// If the path starts with '/', it is considered a global path and not transformed;
        /// otherwise, it is prepended with '/Services/'.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>An instance of the service.</returns>
        TSvc GetService<TSvc>(string servicePath);
    }
}
